About the role

Mater is looking for a Social Worker to join the team on a Maximum Term Part-time basis until January 2026 located at our South Brisbane campus. 

The Social Work and Psychology department at Mater Health provides a broad range of public and private acute health services with adults, women’s health, neonatology, children and adolescent services. The Mater Adults Social Work team provides specialist services to inpatients and outpatients ED, ICU, General Medical, Subacute, Oncology, Gastroenterology, Neurosciences, and Orthopaedics.

Salary range: $39.86 - $58.59 per hour plus 12% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

• Independently undertake routine clinical practice within established clinical protocols to achieve patient focussed outcomes
• Apply increasing clinical judgement to more complex cases under clinical practice supervision
• Provide delegation, supervision, training and support to less experienced health practitioners, allied health assistants, students, support staff and volunteers in the delivery of clinical services
• Contribute to the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols within professional and multidisciplinary teams
• Identify, develop and participate in quality and service improvement activities to continually improve clinical services and patient outcomes
• Actively participate in translating research into practice
• Actively participate in professional and multidisciplinary teams, and liaise with patients, their families/carers and external agencies to facilitate patient centred care

About you

• A degree in social work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Experience in provision of Social Work services, ideally in a health setting to patients with complex medical conditions.
• Demonstrated clinical practice and application of clinical judgement in the provision of high quality, evidence based, patient centred care.

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Applications close on Friday 11^th July 2025. Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

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